**Paradigms:** Tech Holds All the Answers in a Mechanistic Cosmos Full of Gods and Monsters **Common Practices:** Dominion, Hypertech, Martial Arts, and Cybernetics **Instruments:** Devices, vehicles, weapons, armor, mathematics, genetic tailoring, computers, training regimens, chemistry, tools, body language **Personal Instrument:** Border Corps Best Practices (training manual on daily life as well as combat maneuvers) Aster's Avatar is a constant nagging voice to do better, see more, explain the irrational. Subtle. Aster uses the Data sphere. Specialty: Forces

+1 Dexterity from Genetic Engineering, max dexterity is 6

Maneuvers: **Hard Strike** (Difficulty: 5 STR+1/B); **Death Strike** (Difficulty: 5 STR+2/L strikes); **Nerve Strike** (Difficulty: 7 STR+3/B, if you score at least 3 successes target must roll Stamina vs 8 or lose their turn); **Joint Lock** (Roll Dexterity+Martial Arts to grapple, then roll Dex+Martial Arts as Lethal damage immediately); **Dragon Tail Sweep** (Difficulty: 8, as throw but without grappling first); **Spinning Kick** (Difficulty: 6 STR+3/B)

15 Device Points **Skeletal Enhancement (2 points):** +2 Bruised Health Levels **Physical Enhancement (3 points):** +1 Dexterity **Sensory Enhancement (5 points):** Gain Acute Senses (3 points), Infrared Vision **Pheromones (1 points):** +2 to social rolls (Intimidate, Etiquette, Expression, etc.) **Armor (4 points):** +2 Armor, soak at difficulty 6; 2 vs Aggravated damage

**Genetic Flaws:** Hypertension, impatience, heart problems, hyper flexibility syndrome **Construct Flaw:** Unfamiliar with Earth norms, misses most pop culture cues and frequently oblivious to societal standards the world over; this flaw is not in effect when off-planet with other Technocrats, but when will that happen? **Addiction:** Technically not an addiction, but she requires special medications to acclimatize to earth gravity; she gets these from the Union but might have to rob a medical clinic if she is in a serious jam. **Derangement:** Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Carries Biggs X-5A Protector (p. 453) with taser rounds and standard, uses laser sight Wears a kevlar vest (3 Armor)